Privatization

Ontario Health Coalitions announce first 500 voting stations in the people’s referendum

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

What: The Ontario & Toronto Health Coalitions will be holding a press conference tomorrow to announce the first 500 voting stations in the people’s referendum on the privatization of our public hospitals.

Key Points: 
  • What: The Ontario & Toronto Health Coalitions will be holding a press conference tomorrow to announce the first 500 voting stations in the people’s referendum on the privatization of our public hospitals.
  • All press conferences will be visual with leaflets, ballots, ballot boxes, maps of voting stations, ribbons and volunteers, including those on Zoom.
  • In each press conference, a large group of volunteers will announce the first 500 voting stations organized in the community-led referendum.
  • The following local coalitions in additional communities will also be announcements tomorrow, with local coalitions in additional communities will be making announcements in the coming days:

Ontario Health Coalitions announce first 500 voting stations in citizen-led referendum

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

TORONTO, May 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- All press conferences will be visual with leaflets, ballots, ballot boxes, maps of voting stations, ribbons and volunteers, including those on Zoom.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, May 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- All press conferences will be visual with leaflets, ballots, ballot boxes, maps of voting stations, ribbons and volunteers, including those on Zoom.
  • In each press conference a large group of volunteers will announce the first 500 voting stations organized in the community-led referendum.
  • The Coalition will announce the next steps in this unprecedented effort to stop the privatization of Ontario’s public hospital services.
  • Outside Toronto General Hospital, on University Avenue, just south of College St, Toronto, ON
    Natalie Mehra, Ontario Health Coalition Executive Director, 416-230-6402, [email protected]

For fossil-fuel reliant governments, climate action should start at home

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Many assume that big publicly traded oil companies and private individuals are primarily responsible for climate change.

Key Points: 
  • Many assume that big publicly traded oil companies and private individuals are primarily responsible for climate change.
  • Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and other fossil fuel companies continue to be some of the world’s major greenhouse gas emitters.
  • Oxfam found that 125 of the world’s richest billionaires emit roughly three million tonnes of CO2 per year.

State-caused pollution is often neglected

    • Despite recent privatization efforts, Saudi Arabia still owns 98 per cent of Saudi Aramco Oil Group.
    • In 2017, the Carbon Disclosure Project reported that government-owned enterprises accounted for 59 per cent of the so-called carbon majors’ emissions.
    • For reference, the aviation and shipping industries roughly account for two per cent of global emissions each.

State-caused pollution is different

    • State-caused pollution presents both a problem and an opportunity.
    • State-caused pollution is inconsistent with the principles of international climate change law.
    • At the same time, state-caused pollution is easier to control through the political process.
    • This implies that their activities are primarily shaped by political priorities, as opposed to the overriding goal of profit maximization.

Addressing state-caused pollution

    • First, voters can urge governments to speed up the transition to cleaner energy through state-owned enterprises.
    • Starting in 2003, the Ontario government closed five state-owned coal-fired power plants.
    • The closures slashed coal’s share of the province’s electricity generation mix to zero per cent from roughly 25 per cent.

A new era for state-owned polluters?

    • During the Cold War, many countries nationalized their fossil fuel industries to increase domestic wealth.
    • State-owned energy companies in many countries continue to provide a reliable source of energy for domestic consumers.
    • The mission of state-owned energy companies will need to change in the climate change era.

For fossil-fuel emitting governments, climate action should start at home

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Many assume that big publicly traded oil companies and private individuals are primarily responsible for climate change.

Key Points: 
  • Many assume that big publicly traded oil companies and private individuals are primarily responsible for climate change.
  • Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and other fossil fuel companies continue to be some of the world’s major greenhouse gas emitters.
  • Oxfam found that 125 of the world’s richest billionaires emit roughly three million tonnes of CO2 per year.

State-caused pollution is often neglected

    • Despite recent privatization efforts, Saudi Arabia still owns 98 per cent of Saudi Aramco Oil Group.
    • In 2017, the Carbon Disclosure Project reported that government-owned enterprises accounted for 59 per cent of the so-called carbon majors’ emissions.
    • For reference, the aviation and shipping industries roughly account for two per cent of global emissions each.

State-caused pollution is different

    • State-caused pollution presents both a problem and an opportunity.
    • State-caused pollution is inconsistent with the principles of international climate change law.
    • At the same time, state-caused pollution is easier to control through the political process.
    • This implies that their activities are primarily shaped by political priorities, as opposed to the overriding goal of profit maximization.

Addressing state-caused pollution

    • First, voters can urge governments to speed up the transition to cleaner energy through state-owned enterprises.
    • Starting in 2003, the Ontario government closed five state-owned coal-fired power plants.
    • The closures slashed coal’s share of the province’s electricity generation mix to zero per cent from roughly 25 per cent.

A new era for state-owned polluters?

    • During the Cold War, many countries nationalized their fossil fuel industries to increase domestic wealth.
    • State-owned energy companies in many countries continue to provide a reliable source of energy for domestic consumers.
    • The mission of state-owned energy companies will need to change in the climate change era.

Ontario Health Coalition Province-Wide Community Referendum to Stop Ford Government’s Privatization of Our Public Hospitals

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

TORONTO, April 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Health Coalitions across Ontario launched a major fightback to stop the privatization of our public hospitals today.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, April 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Health Coalitions across Ontario launched a major fightback to stop the privatization of our public hospitals today.
  • The premier told media that 50% of the surgeries currently done in hospitals are “easy” [and thus could be transferred out of public hospitals].
  • If this government succeeds in privatizing our public hospitals, we will lose our public hospital system and with it, single-tier public medicare.
  • The Ontario Health Coalition is asking people everywhere across the province to volunteer to help.

Health Coalition Announces Massive Fight Back to Stop the Ford Government’s Plans to Privatize Ontario’s Public Hospitals

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Monday, April 17, 2023

On January 16, the Ford government announced it is moving forward with plans to “substantially,” in their own words, expand for-profit clinics and hospitals to take the surgeries and diagnostics out of our local public hospitals. Surgeries, MRIs and CTs are core public hospital services. In response to media questions, Premier Ford said that it is his government’s estimation that 50% of the surgeries done in our public hospitals are the “easy” sort-- the profitable ones that for-profit clinics and hospitals want to take – and the kind that his government wants to privatize. The government has contracted the first three for-profit clinics (day hospitals) in Windsor, Waterloo and Ottawa, and is allowing for-profit corporations to run surgeries out of under-used public hospital operating rooms already.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, April 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the first time, Ontario’s government is pushing forward with plans to privatize the province’s public hospitals.
  • On January 16, the Ford government announced it is moving forward with plans to “substantially,” in their own words, expand for-profit clinics and hospitals to take the surgeries and diagnostics out of our local public hospitals.
  • The Health Coalition has vowed an unprecedented fightback to match the unprecedented privatization of Ontario’s core public health care services.
  • The Ontario public has never had any say about this plan to cut these vital services from our local public hospitals and privatize them.

Health Coalition Announces Massive Fight Back to Stop the Ford Government’s Plans to Privatize Ontario’s Public Hospitals

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Friday, April 14, 2023

On January 16, the Ford government announced it is moving forward with plans to “substantially,” in their own words, expand for-profit clinics and hospitals to take the surgeries and diagnostics out of our local public hospitals. Surgeries, MRIs and CTs are core public hospital services. In response to media questions, Premier Ford said that it is his government’s estimation that 50% of the surgeries done in our public hospitals are the “easy” sort-- the profitable ones that for-profit clinics and hospitals want to take – and the kind that his government wants to privatize. The government has contracted the first three for-profit clinics (day hospitals) in Windsor, Waterloo and Ottawa, and is allowing for-profit corporations to run surgeries out of under-used public hospital operating rooms already.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, April 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the first time, Ontario’s government is pushing forward with plans to privatize the province’s public hospitals.
  • On January 16, the Ford government announced it is moving forward with plans to “substantially,” in their own words, expand for-profit clinics and hospitals to take the surgeries and diagnostics out of our local public hospitals.
  • The Health Coalition has vowed an unprecedented fightback to match the unprecedented privatization of Ontario’s core public health care services.
  • The Ontario public has never had any say about this plan to cut these vital services from our local public hospitals and privatize them.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Equal Pay Day is April 4, 2023

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Monday, April 3, 2023

TORONTO, April 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strong public services play a critical role in narrowing the gender pay gap and promoting economic equality for women. Public services provide women with access to affordable childcare, healthcare, education, community services to support victims of domestic violence and other essential resources that allow them to work, advance in their careers, and support their families.

Key Points: 
  • This year Equal Pay Day is on April 4, 2023 because women, on average, need to work 15.5 months – 3.5 months into the new year – to earn what a man does in 12 months.
  • On Equal Pay Day, the Ontario Equal Pay Coalition will hold a press conference to tell the stories of front-line women workers as they say no to privatization and call on the provincial government to rebuild public services and implement pay transparency.
  • Recognized globally, Equal Pay Day is a global event to end the gender pay gap and to call on government leaders to advance women's economic equality.
  • Watch the Coalition new videos here:
    Quotes from Equal Pay Coalition members for Equal Pay Day:
    “This Equal Pay Day we’re saying: enough is enough.

Recovery Point Systems Announces Jack Dziak as Chief Executive Officer

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Recovery Point Systems, an Abry Partners company and a leader in cloud-based business resilience services based in Germantown, Md., is pleased to announce that Jack Dziak, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, has been named Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.

Key Points: 
  • Recovery Point Systems, an Abry Partners company and a leader in cloud-based business resilience services based in Germantown, Md., is pleased to announce that Jack Dziak, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, has been named Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.
  • Dziak is a long-time senior technology executive with over 35 years of experience in the enterprise IT, infrastructure, and communications services industries.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230413005146/en/
    Jack Dziak, CEO of Recovery Point Systems (Photo: Business Wire)
    Dziak has served on Recovery Point’s Board of Directors since May and as Executive Chairman since August 2022.
  • “We’re pleased to have Jack leading Recovery Point Systems,” said Brian St. Jean, Partner at Abry Partners and member of the RPS Board of Directors.

BAES Infrastructure Announces Official Launch

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

HOUSTON, March 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BAES Infrastructure, a diversified energy company that will focus on the development, construction, and operation of energy transition projects, announced its official launch today.

Key Points: 
  • HOUSTON, March 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BAES Infrastructure, a diversified energy company that will focus on the development, construction, and operation of energy transition projects, announced its official launch today.
  • BAES Infrastructure is focused on developing early-stage, technology-ready projects across a variety of end products, energy value chains, and investment structures.
  • BAES Infrastructure will be led by Jamie Cemm as CEO.
  • “I am pleased to be leading BAES Infrastructure as we move to capture the opportunities in the energy transition space, where the scale and pace of the infrastructure build-out required to meet governmental and societal goals is unprecedented,” said BAES Infrastructure CEO Jamie Cemm.